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Atalanta
(Encyclopedia) AtalantaAtalantaätəlănˈtə [key], in Greek mythology, huntress famous for her speed and skill. She took part in the Calydonian hunt and was rewarded by Meleager with the pelt of the…amnesty
(Encyclopedia) amnestyamnestyămˈnəstē [key], in law, exemption from prosecution for criminal action. It signifies forgiveness and the forgetting of past actions. Amnesties are usually extended to a…Giono, Jean
(Encyclopedia) Giono, JeanGiono, JeanzhäN jônōˈ [key], 1895–1970, French novelist, b. Provence. His semiautobiographical novel, Jean le bleu (1932, tr. Blue Boy, 1946) concerns his childhood. His…The Beautiful Toilet
The Beautiful ToiletBlue, blue is the grass about the river And the willows have overfilled the close garden. And within, the mistress, in the midmost of her youth, White, white of face,…The Strangeness of Beauty
Author:Lydia MinatoyaPublisher:Simon & Schuster The Strangeness of Beauty begins as a quietly self-reflective 'autobiography' of an Japanese expatriate living in 1920s Seattle, and…American Beauty
Director:Sam MendesWriter:Alan BallDreamWorks Pictures; R; 115 minutesRelease:9/99Cast:Kevin Spacey, Annette Bening, Thora Birch, Wes Bentley, Mena Suvari American Beauty makes the others…A Beautiful Mind
Director:Ron HowardWriter:Akiva GoldsmanUniversal Pictures; PG-13; 129 minutesRelease:12/01Cast:Russell Crowe, Jennifer Connelly, Ed Harris A Beautiful Mind tells the incredible story of…Beautiful Thing
Director: Hettie Macdonald Writer: Jonathan Harvey Director of Photography: Chris Seager Producers: Tony Garnett and Bill Shapter Sony Pictures Classics; R; 89 minutes…Brewer's: Beautiful
Beautiful or fair as an angel. Throughout the Middle Ages it was common to associate beauty with virtue, and ugliness with sin; hence the expressions given above, and the following also— “…Brewer's: Beauty
Tout est beau sans chandelles. “La nuit tous les chats sont gris.” Beauty is but skin deep. “O formose puer, nimium ne crede colori.” Virgil, Bucolics, ii. Source: Dictionary of Phrase…